Athar Abbas

Athar Abbas
Born	Lahore
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service/branch	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1976 – 2012
Rank	Major General
Unit	Army Armored Corps
Commands held	6th Armoured Division, Kharian DG Quartering and Lands DG Inter-Services Public Relations
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1999 War in North-West Pakistan Operation Sherdil Operation Black Thunderstorm Operation Rah e Raast Khyber Pass offensive Operation Rah-e-Nijat Orakzai and Kurram offensive
Awards	Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Major General Athar Abbas is a two-star general and a former military spokesperson for the Pakistan Defence Forces who served as the Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) from January 2008 to June 2012.^[1]

Military career

General Abbas was commissioned in October 1976 in the 54th PMA Long Course from the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul into the Armoured Corps. He has held various command, staff and instructional appointments that include command of an armoured regiment, armoured brigade and armoured division. He has been General Staff Officer (Operations) in various armoured formations. He is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and Armed Forces Staff College, Malaysia.

Education

He is a participant of the Executive Course at Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA. He has attended Armed Forces War Course and National Defence Course at the National Defence College, Islamabad. He has been on the faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence College, Islamabad. He holds a master's degrees in War Studies as well as Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He was promoted to Major General in June 2005 and has commanded an armoured division in Kharian from June 2005 to June 2007.^[1]

Other Office Appointments

Before joining Inter Services Public Relations Directorate, General Abbas was serving as Director General Quartering and Lands in Quartermaster General’s Branch, General Headquarters. After he was appointed as the DG ISPR, Major General Mohammad Farooq replaced him at his previous position.^[2]

Family

Athar Abbas is married with three children. Three of his brothers are associated with journalism and the media, working with leading media organisations.^[2] His brothers are Mazhar Abbas (works for ARY and headed the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists for several years), Azhar Abbas (Geo Managing Director), Zaffar Abbas (Editor of Dawn).

References

1 2 "Athar Abbas takes over as new DG ISPR" (Press release). ISPR. 2008-01-14. Archived from the original on 2008-01-16. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
1 2 Shiekh, Shakil (2008-01-14). "Maj-Gen Athar is new DG ISPR". The News. Retrieved 2008-01-15.

External links

ISPR Official Website

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Preceded by Waheed Arshad	Director General of the ISPR 2008 – 2012	Succeeded by Asim Saleem Bajwa

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